Aligarh(UP), Oct 1(PTI) The police in Aligarh on Wednesday arrested an alleged shooter for the murder of businessman Abhishek Gupta, who was shot at the crowded Khereshwar temple crossing here on September 26.

The arrested shooter, identified as Mohammad Fazal, claimed the crime was a contract killing ordered by the key conspirators, police said.

Fazal confessed that he and his associate Asif were given "supari" (contract) for the murder by Pooja Shakun Pandey and her husband Ashok Pandey, both named as conspirators by the victim's father on the night of the killing.

Abhishek Gupta was the owner of a showroom in Khair. The sensational crime took place near the Kherreshwar temple crossing when Gupta, along with his father and cousin, was boarding a bus to Sikandra Rao from Khair.

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